Chief executive officer of Ashfield Commercial & Medical Services Chris Corbin is to retire from his post in April 2019.
Corbin will transfer to the role of chairman of Ashfield – part of the UDG Healthcare group – once his successor has been appointed in order to facilitate a phased transition of responsibilities over the next two years.
Corbin co-founded Ashfield Healthcare, a UK contract sales organisation, with his wife Samantha Corbin in 1996, and the firm became part of the UDG group in 2000.
He has served as a main board director of UDG Healthcare since then, growing Leicester-based Ashfield to encompass eight units with 5,500 employees across 20 countries worldwide.
Brendan McAtamney, chief executive of UDG Healthcare, said: “I would like to thank Chris for his substantial contribution to the success of both the group and Ashfield since joining us in 2000.
“Under his leadership, Ashfield has developed into a leading international healthcare services organisation and a key division of the group.
“We will work closely with Chris over the next two and a half years to ensure a professional transition process and thereafter wish him the very best in retirement.”